Federal drug agents Friday arrested two leaders of a Long Island-based drug ring that contributed to the region's painkiller addiction crisis by peddling a "staggering amount" of oxycodone, a prosecutor said.

More than 100,000 of the powerful pain pills, obtained through forged prescriptions, were trafficked in the region in the past two years, according to Eastern District Assistant U.S....

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Federal drug agents Friday arrested two leaders of a Long Island-based drug ring that contributed to the region's painkiller addiction crisis by peddling a "staggering amount" of oxycodone, a prosecutor said.

More than 100,000 of the powerful pain pills, obtained through forged prescriptions, were trafficked in the region in the past two years, according to Eastern District Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Canty.

Cedric Moss, 46, of Jamaica, dubbed the mastermind of the scheme by authorities, was arrested late Thursday by Drug Enforcement Administration agents in North Carolina, according to court papers. A judge ordered him moved to Long Island to answer the charges.

The ring used a number of people known as "runners" to fill the prescriptions, the documents said.

Three suspected runners believed to be active in New York City were arrested Friday by the NYPD and office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York, who are working with federal authorities.

In an unrelated case Friday, a former Bay Shore doctor, who had lost his license, pleaded guilty in federal court in Central Islip to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.

Binod Singh was arrested in 2012 on charges of selling forged prescriptions for the painkiller for up to $1,800, according to officials.